On my Father’s side, had four ancestors that fought in the Rev War including one at Yorktown, and on my Mother’s two that fought against Great Brittan, and one was a British soldier who was captured in 1777 and stayed in America after the war.
So our ancestors were in camp together! NEAT! What state did that ancestor end up in? Most of mine were NYers.
One of my ancestors was a lawyer who had moved to Quebec City and married a local girl. When the American army surrounded the city, he refused to fight for the British and was thrown out beyond the wall. He joined the American army and was put in charge of building war machines. His family was big into writing scientific papers. When the commanding general was shot, he was with him and was sent to describe the event to Congress. Later, he was captured at the Battle of Long Island. His brother was in the British army and got him off a prison ship. He was a POW for a few years, and he kept himself busy writing more scientific papers. I’ve watched letters between him and General Washington go to auction but couldn’t afford even the opening bids.